crease

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɹiːs/ SAMPA: /"kri:s/

  Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

crease (plural creases)

1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.

   His pants had a nice sharp crease.

   His shirt was brand new with visible creases from its store fold.

2. (cricket) One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.
3. (lacrosse) The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.
4. (ice hockey) The goal crease; an area in front of each goal, surrounded by thin red lines and filled in with light blue.

Translations

mark made by folding

Armenian: ծալք (hy) (çalk’), փոթ (hy) (p’ot’), կնճիռ (hy) (knč̣iṙ) Bosnian: nabor (bs) m. Bulgarian: гънка (bg) f., прегъвка (bg) f. Croatian: nabor (hr) m. Czech: rýha (cs) f., vráska (cs) f., záhyb (cs) m. Dutch: plooi (nl), kreukel (nl) Finnish: taitos (fi), ryppy (fi), prässi (fi) (in trousers) French: pli (fr) m. German: Falte (de) f., Bügelfalte (de) f. Hungarian: él (hu) Meru: mukunjo

Norwegian: fold (no) m. Russian: складка (skládka) f., загиб (zagíb) m., стрелка (str'élka) f. on the trousers Serbian: Cyrillic: набор m. Roman: nabor m. Spanish: arruga (es) f., pliegue (es) m., raya (es) f. Swahili: mkunjo (sw) Swedish: veck (sv) n. Turkish: kırışıklık (tr)

one of the white lines drawn on the pitch

Finnish: rajaviiva (fi)

lacrosse: circle around the goal

Finnish: maalivahdinalue (fi)

ice hockey: goal crease

Finnish: maalialue (fi) (official term), maalivahdin alue (informal)

See also

• Hockey rink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Hockey rink

Verb

crease (third-person singular simple present creases, present participle creasing, simple past and past participle creased)

1. (transitive) To make a crease in; to wrinkle.
2. (transitive) To lightly bloody; to graze.

   The bullet just creased his shoulder.

Translations

to make a crease in

Bulgarian: прегъвам (bg), измачквам (bg) Czech: udělat záhyb (cs)

Finnish: taittaa (fi), rypistää (fi), prässätä (fi)

to graze

Bulgarian: одрасквам (bg) Finnish: naarmuttaa (fi), raapaista (fi)

Hungarian: súrol (hu)

Anagrams

• Sarcee

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kreˈase]

Verb

crease

1. third-person singular pluperfect form of crea.

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Spanish

Verb

crease (infinitive crear)

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of crear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of crear.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of crear.

Synonyms

• creara